Scope of the Code of Conduct

Scope of the Code of Conduct

1. The Code applies to Members whenever acting in their official capacity as a Member of Gloucestershire County Council, including;

(a)   when engaged in the business of Gloucestershire County Council including when acting as a local member or representing the Council externally;
(b)   when behaving so as to give a reasonable person the impression of acting as a representative of Gloucestershire County Council.

This Code of Conduct does not seek to regulate what Members do in their purely private and personal lives.

2. The obligations set out in this Code are in addition to those which apply to all Members by virtue of the procedural and other rules of the Council and any Protocols and Policies which may be adopted from time to time by the Council.

Failure to comply with the requirements within this Code of Conduct which relate to disclosable pecuniary interests and which are set out in sections V and VI and Appendix A is a criminal offence.^[1]

[1] Section 34 Localism Act 2011